The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills lists three types:
Literacy Skills Information Literacy Media Literacy Technology Literacy
Life Skills Flexibility Initiative Social Skills Productivity Leadership
21st Century Standards
Focus on 21st century skills, content knowledge and expertise.
Build understanding across and among academic subjects as well as 21st century interdisciplinary themes
Emphasize deep understanding rather than shallow knowledge
Engage students with the real world data, tools, and experts they will encounter in college, on the job, and in life--students learn best when actively engaged in solving meaningful problems
Allow for multiple measures of mastery
Characteristics of 21st Century
At this workshop , the teachers were given detailed information about the 21st century education teachers, students and classrooms. Including 21st century skills and literacies.
21st Century Teachers
21st Century Classrooms , which is which ?
21st Century Learners
Assessment of 21st Century Skills
Support a balance of assessments, including high-quality standardized testing along with effective classroom formative and summative assessments
Emphasize useful feedback on student performance that is embedded into everyday learning
Require a balance of technology-enhanced, formative and summative assessments that measure student mastery of 21st century skills
Enable development of portfolios of student work that demonstrate mastery of 21st century skills to educators and prospective employers
Enable a balanced portfolio of measures to assess the educational system's effectiveness at reaching high levels of student competency in 21st century skills
Teachers' Workshop
What are 21st century skills?
The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills lists three types:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Collaborating
Communicating
Literacy Skills
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
Life Skills
Flexibility
Initiative Social Skills
Productivity
Leadership
21st Century Standards
Characteristics of 21st Century
At this workshop , the teachers were given detailed information about the 21st century education teachers, students and classrooms. Including 21st century skills and literacies.
21st Century Teachers
21st Century Classrooms , which is which ?
21st Century Learners
Assessment of 21st Century Skills